Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] exactly [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Momentarily I realized exactly what I was doing . |
| 2 | At the same time I realized exactly what I disliked about it . |
| 3 | And when they brought the key , I knew exactly what it was — a left-luggage locker-key . |
| 4 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
| 5 | I knew exactly what I was looking for , they had to be here somewhere , the one and only pair of knickers left uncontaminated in that disastrous load at the launderette , the stuff that had got washed along with that bargain-price bright-pink non-fast Indian-cotton mini-skirt from C&A . |
| 6 | I knew exactly what he meant , and I felt a seething of anger at his suggestion . |
| 7 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 8 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I saw exactly what he did and if it had n't been for Stuart those thieves would have got away . |
| 10 | I bought exactly what I wanted and I did spend a lot of money , but I enjoyed doing it and had fun . |
| 11 | Once I had started to work with the children , I did exactly what I would have done with older children — or adult learners . |
| 12 | I did exactly what she said . |
| 13 | But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’ |
| 14 | His sermon on the primacy of Peter ( which mirrored exactly what he had said on the subject in a tract written before he became pope , " De primatu Romani pontificis " ) explored the authority by which the pope governed , the Petrine commission . |
| 15 | She would pester him until she got exactly what she wanted , down to the last painted fan and embroidered reticule . |
| 16 | She knew exactly what we did and who we worked for . |
| 17 | With that intuitive understanding she had always had with him , she knew exactly what he meant . |
| 18 | She knew exactly what he meant , though nothing specific had been said . |
| 19 | She knew exactly what he meant , could recall in graphic detail the event to which he was referring . |
| 20 | But also , as a doctor , she knew exactly what it was . |
| 21 | She knew exactly what it was , of course , she thought sleepily . |
| 22 | She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come . |
| 23 | She knew exactly what she was doing and where she was going . |
| 24 | She knew exactly what she wanted , and where she wanted to go . " |
| 25 | Oh , if only she knew exactly what she did want ! |
| 26 | For the first time in her life , she knew exactly what she was doing , as her body and brain melted together in a harmony of desire . |
| 27 | She knew exactly what she wanted to happen now ; she wanted him to hold her , tell her it was all right . |
| 28 | She knew exactly what she wanted , and she had got it — the only kind of life that would keep her happy . |
| 29 | what she was getting at , she knew exactly what she was shopping for , she went into that shop , there was the list , it was handed in , I bet it took her less time to shop then , than it did later when she went shopping with a vague idea well I must n't forget this , I must n't forget that , but then the wandering around sort of oh that looks nice and I fancy that |
| 30 | It is believed there must have been at least three people who knew exactly what they were looking for . |